reStructuredText is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get
plaintext markup syntax and parser system. The reStructuredText
parser is a component of Docutils. reStructuredText is a revision
and reinterpretation of the StructuredText and Setext lightweight
markup systems.

If you are reading this on the web, you can see for yourself. The
source for this FAQ is written in reStructuredText; open
it in another window and compare them side by side.